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How to Crowdfund an Art Installation Crowdfunding can be challenging for the arts, but experts have a few tips for visual and performance artists looking to crowdfund their next installation. Enter a Contest Art Basel, a widely acclaimed, multi-city art

How to Tell a Great Story The best way to attract interest in your Hatchfund project is to tell a great story. In fact, many projects with potential suffer from the inability of their artist to weave an engaging tale.

How to Build Incentives during Your Campaign One of the best ways to attract potential donors is through incentives or project perks. These are often decided before the campaign begins, and a person must donate a specific amount in order

How to Approach Local Press Though it can be intimidating, getting individuals from your local press involved can be beneficial to your project and your overall campaign. It can bring you more traffic, more potential donors, and more help when

The interconnection of Art and Technology Art and technology are intrinsically related. At Hatchfund, we believe artists can use technology to reach out to individuals who will be interested in their projects and be anxious to lend their support. These

How Art Creates Diversity and Diversity Creates Art The concepts of diversity and art are deeply entwined in America, as they always have been. Hatchfund is known for serving the creative community in America by embracing the diverse needs of

Press Releases: Get Your Campaign Off The Ground Press releases are not an unfamiliar concept, but they can play a vital role in successfully raising funds. In an edited excerpt from Sally Outlaw’s book Cash from the Crowd, published in

Every generation voices fears about change marking the ruin of tradition. Rock and roll would spell the death of “real” music. Texting would lead to the degradation of language. Now some have come up with a new fear: crowdfunding will

Simplify your Campaign: Social Media Management Platforms When asked, most people can list at least four social media platforms. These range from the all-purpose – Facebook and Twitter – to the more niche – DeviantArt, Taltopia, and others. Each platform

For many, few things are harder to do than actually ask for something they really need. Americans are – by and large – self-reliant people. Artists are often even more individualistic and self-determined. So the very notion of asking others